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Speaker 1: All right, So a quick offseason recap. They lost Deandrayton,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna give really quick breakdowns on you guy that

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Speaker 1: they brought in Grayson Allen, starting two guard for the

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Speaker 1: Bucks the last two years. Outstanding spotted player last year

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Speaker 1: one point twenty six points per possession on two hundred

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Speaker 1: So a guy you just can't really leave open. The

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Speaker 1: He also shot thirty nine percent from three. Bo Bull

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Speaker 1: Eric shot well for the Clippers last year in the

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Speaker 1: where I usually talk the game, so to speak, and

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Speaker 1: I'll tweet out links and show announcements and stuff. Instagram,

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Speaker 1: then you add a second guy in there, and now

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Speaker 1: it's like, great, Okay, now we have two great guys

429
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Speaker 1: that can create shots. Okay, now we're adding a third

430
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Speaker 1: dude who can create shots. That's awesome, But like how

431
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Speaker 1: good are we in play finishing and how good are

432
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Speaker 1: we in spot up situations? Right? And then the defensive

433
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Speaker 1: end of the floor, Like a lot of times a guy,

434
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Speaker 1: an offensive player will take a smaller role offensively, right,

435
00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:47,919
Speaker 1: like I'm only going to operate in spot up situations

436
00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:49,919
Speaker 1: off the ball, or I'm only going to operate in

437
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Speaker 1: the short role. But on the defensive end, I'm like

438
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Speaker 1: your best point of attack defender I'm your best pick

439
00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,320
Speaker 1: and roll screen defender or whatever it is, Like, you

440
00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,800
Speaker 1: have bigger responsibilities on that end. And if Devin Booker,

441
00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:04,000
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant, and Bradley Beal just focus on shot creation,

442
00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:06,879
Speaker 1: you're gonna see a lot of responsibilities on the floor

443
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Speaker 1: that don't get filled. And so again, like this team,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna talk about this more when we get later,

445
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Speaker 1: but like it gets to the end of the show.

446
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Speaker 1: But like when we talk about the big picture, but

447
00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:18,800
Speaker 1: this team does have a wide range of potential outcomes

448
00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,919
Speaker 1: based on just the level of commit from these guys.

449
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Speaker 1: So like, if Bradley Beal commits to defense and operates

450
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Speaker 1: off the ball a lot and attacks the rim a

451
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Speaker 1: lot with force, then he can massively raise the ceiling

452
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Speaker 1: by filling areas of the of the of the responsibilities

453
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Speaker 1: on the floor that need to be filled. Right. If

454
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Speaker 1: KD becomes one of the best help defenders in the league,

455
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Speaker 1: like I talked about, that could be the difference between

456
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Speaker 1: them having a functional defense and not having a functional defense.

457
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Speaker 1: Kd's rebounding has been down recent years. Obviously you're gonna

458
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Speaker 1: need KD to rebound a lot. You know, these are

459
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Speaker 1: things that are are gonna be worth watching over the

460
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Speaker 1: course of the season. Devin Booker like he's a He's

461
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Speaker 1: turned himself into a slightly above average point of attack defender.

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Speaker 1: He might have to go up a level from there potentially, right,

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Speaker 1: especially if you end up going offense at the three

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Speaker 1: instead of going with someone like Joshakog. So like, each

465
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Speaker 1: of the stars has to view the depth of star

466
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Speaker 1: talent as a means with which to devote resources to

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Speaker 1: dirty work. And if they do those things, I think

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Speaker 1: they're gonna hit the high end of their probability. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's look at the depth chart really quick. At guard

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Speaker 1: Devin Booker, Bradley Beal, Grayson Allen, Eric Gordon, Damian Lee,

471
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Speaker 1: Jordan Goodwinning, Keon Johnson. Really deep there, that's like five playable,

472
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Speaker 1: legitimately playable guards, four of which are very good. At

473
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Speaker 1: the forward position, a little thing. Kevin Durant, you know,

474
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Speaker 1: obviously one of the best players in the league. But

475
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Speaker 1: after that, it's all bench forwards. It's Nazier, little Josha Kogi.

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Speaker 1: You to want nab and Key debates job at center,

477
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Speaker 1: use of Nurkics, Drew u Banks and Bull Bull that's

478
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Speaker 1: a decent rotation right there, the clear week point of

479
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Speaker 1: the roster is at forward. You don't have a starting

480
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Speaker 1: caliber player that you can slot between Bradley Beal and

481
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Speaker 1: Devin Booker and Katie and Yusef Nurkic. And there's a

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Speaker 1: bunch of options there, right, Like, you can go with

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Speaker 1: Josha Kogi as a point of attack guy. He's one

484
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Speaker 1: of the better point of attack defenders in the league. Right,

485
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Speaker 1: you can go with Eric Gordon for shooting and then

486
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Speaker 1: kind of lean more in a switching scheme because Eric

487
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Speaker 1: Gordon can switch on to forwards. You can go Grayson

488
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Speaker 1: Allen for that above the break shooting that I was

489
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Speaker 1: referencing earlier. You do want Nabby is deadly, especially out

490
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Speaker 1: of the corner, so you can go with him too.

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Speaker 1: But each of those guys has a red flag. Each

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Speaker 1: of those guys has a weakness, right, Like a Kog

493
00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,320
Speaker 1: is a extremely limited spot up threat. Eric Gordon is

494
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Speaker 1: older at this phase and not as good defensively as

495
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Speaker 1: it used to be. Grayson Allen obviously is undersized and

496
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Speaker 1: has some limitations there. You do want Nabby, you know,

497
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Speaker 1: is a little upright and can struggle to defend on

498
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Speaker 1: the perimeter. So each of those guys has kind of

499
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Speaker 1: like a big red flag. And so don't be surprised if,

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Speaker 1: over the course of the season, if the Suns are

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Speaker 1: one of the teams that gets mentioned a lot in

502
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Speaker 1: conversations for a versatile like point of attack defender that

503
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Speaker 1: can shoot, just keep an eye on that over the

504
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Speaker 1: course of the season. So on offense, and we've already

505
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Speaker 1: talked a lot about this with the Nurkics thing, but

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Speaker 1: you know, I know this is not exactly a hot take,

507
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Speaker 1: but I think the Suns are gonna score shit ton

508
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Speaker 1: of points. It's not just that they have three shot creators.

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Speaker 1: They have three highly versatile shots. All three of them

510
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Speaker 1: Bradley Beal, Devin Booker, and Kevin Durant can all run

511
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Speaker 1: pick and roll. They can all torch bigs on switches

512
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Speaker 1: on perimeter. ISOs right, They all can punish smaller guards

513
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Speaker 1: in the post. They all can play off ball, they

514
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Speaker 1: all can pass. The basketball use of Nurkic as that

515
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Speaker 1: dribble handoff folk room we talked about earlier, and with

516
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Speaker 1: his ability to pass, and with his ability to punish

517
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Speaker 1: switches in the post and his ability to space the

518
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Speaker 1: floor like they're just going to be really, really difficult

519
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Speaker 1: to guard. The biggest question mark offensively is going to

520
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Speaker 1: be that fifth starter, because the ECoG problem is is like,

521
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Speaker 1: if you keep him on the floor, your defense goes

522
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Speaker 1: up a big level, right, because Joshakogi is such an

523
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Speaker 1: outstanding point of attack defender. But the downside is is

524
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Speaker 1: he's so weak as a spot up player that you

525
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Speaker 1: allow other teams to defend your actions three on two.

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Speaker 1: And I don't care how good Devin Booker, Bradley Beal,

527
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Speaker 1: and Kevin Durant are. They become infinitely more guardable when

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Speaker 1: you can sacrifice a third defender into that action and

529
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Speaker 1: not have to worry about giving up much at all

530
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Speaker 1: of anything on the weak side. And so that to

531
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Speaker 1: me is going to be something to keep an eye

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Speaker 1: on over the course of the season. I would probably

533
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Speaker 1: go all in on offense again, like referencing that idea

534
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Speaker 1: that we talked about earlier and being like kind of

535
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Speaker 1: leaning into your strengths. This has the potential to be

536
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Speaker 1: one of the great offensive teams of all time, and

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Speaker 1: so I would probably go with Eric Gordon as the

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Speaker 1: starting three. I consider you to want not be if

539
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Speaker 1: you're having issues with rebounding. I'm sure they'll try a

540
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Speaker 1: bunch of different guys in that position, and like I said,

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if they try to upgrade it

542
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Speaker 1: over the course of the season. Again, look out for

543
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Speaker 1: use of Nurkic az a folkrum. Look Out for more

544
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Speaker 1: dribble handoffs than you're used to seeing from the Suns.

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Speaker 1: And again, like he just is a really good screener

546
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Speaker 1: in scoring threat. So I think that's gonna make their

547
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Speaker 1: ball screen game more dynamic. One last thing to watch offensively,

548
00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,119
Speaker 1: hunting mid range shots. It's fine, it's the identity of

549
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Speaker 1: this team as long as you're making them in the

550
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Speaker 1: regular season. Last year, Katie shot over sixty percent from

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Speaker 1: the field on mid range pull up jump shots, just

552
00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 1: from the mid range, over sixty percent, and that's including

553
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Speaker 1: the nets and the Suns regular season reps. Like, that's

554
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,479
Speaker 1: over one point two points per possession. That's awesome and

555
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,159
Speaker 1: that works. The problem is is as a team, the

556
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,200
Speaker 1: Suns shot just forty six percent on pull up twos

557
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Speaker 1: against Denver. That's zero point ninety two points per shot.

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Speaker 1: You see the difference. What's the difference between a one

559
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Speaker 1: to twenty offensive rating and a ninety two offensive rating,

560
00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:26,160
Speaker 1: completely untenable. The defense has to do something. We can

561
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Speaker 1: live with that shit, that's the difference, right. KD himself

562
00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,439
Speaker 1: was only forty two percent on pull up twos in

563
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Speaker 1: the playoff or in the Denver series. That's zero point

564
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Speaker 1: eighty four points per shot. The coaches are just gonna

565
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Speaker 1: live with that. As a result, the Sun's not just

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Speaker 1: a one to ten point six offensive rating in the

567
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Speaker 1: series against the Nuggets. That's just not close to good enough,

568
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Speaker 1: especially when you fancy yourself an offensive juggernaut. So one

569
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Speaker 1: of two things needs to happen, Like either KD needs

570
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Speaker 1: to start making those shots in the playoffs, which we've

571
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Speaker 1: had two postseasons in a row where he hasn't, So

572
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Speaker 1: he either needs to just start making it because those

573
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Speaker 1: are fluky series. Or as a team, they got to

574
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Speaker 1: adjust their shot selection and try to identify things that

575
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Speaker 1: are going to be more efficient on a per possession

576
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Speaker 1: basis in the postseason. More pull up threes, right, More

577
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Speaker 1: attacking the rim and trying to draw foul so you

578
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Speaker 1: can set your defense. That sort of thing. On the

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Speaker 1: defensive end, again, we talked about it earlier, but the

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Speaker 1: Denver scheme is something I'd consider, so like bringing Nurkic

581
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Speaker 1: high end drop against better pull up jump shooters, offering

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Speaker 1: a lot of weak side help with Kevin Durant when

583
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Speaker 1: Drew Eubanks is out there because he's a better athlete.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if you saw them do more switching.

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Speaker 1: You can imagine a lineup with Booker Beal and kd

586
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Speaker 1: in U Banks and then like Eric Gordon, and then

587
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Speaker 1: that just being like five guys that you feel generally

588
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Speaker 1: comfortable switching with as long as you help on the

589
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Speaker 1: weak side and rotate out of it. So that's something

590
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Speaker 1: I'd look for. And then defensive rebounding is just going

591
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:49,760
Speaker 1: to be a key all season, like how well as

592
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Speaker 1: a team do they work on tracking down and hunting

593
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Speaker 1: rebounds down. They got absolutely murdered on the glass by Denver,

594
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Speaker 1: and that's just something you got to be able to

595
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Speaker 1: contend with if you're gonna get out of the Western Conference.

596
00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:04,960
Speaker 1: In summary, I think this team has the widest range

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00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,320
Speaker 1: of outcomes between like the worst case scenario and the

598
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:10,160
Speaker 1: best case scenario. Even if we factor in good health.

599
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:13,160
Speaker 1: There's a version of this story where they're healthy all

600
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,080
Speaker 1: year and they lose in the first or second round

601
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 1: and hover around the bottom half of the standings. There's

602
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,320
Speaker 1: a version of this where they kick everyone's ass and

603
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,399
Speaker 1: win the title. And it really just comes down to

604
00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,680
Speaker 1: whether or not the Stars are dedicated to the dirty work,

605
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:25,480
Speaker 1: which I believe they will be, so I lean more

606
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Speaker 1: towards the high end of that, which is why I

607
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,199
Speaker 1: have them as high as I do. But again, like

608
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:31,919
Speaker 1: it's gonna come down to the little things, and I

609
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 1: talked about this earlier, but with parody in the league. Like, again,

610
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,159
Speaker 1: all these teams are really good for different reasons. The

611
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,720
Speaker 1: Suns have all this offensive firepower. The Lakers have the

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Speaker 1: best defense in the league, in my opinion, best defensive

613
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,719
Speaker 1: player in Anthony Davis. Obviously, I think they have some

614
00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:46,679
Speaker 1: wrinkles they got to sort out in their playoff defense.

615
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,280
Speaker 1: The Denver Nuggets have the best playoff offense in the league.

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Speaker 1: Like they're just unguardable on the offensive end in the playoffs.

617
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 1: The Milwaukee Bucks had this new dame Yiannis thing, but

618
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,320
Speaker 1: they're weak in point of attack defense. You know. The

619
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:02,800
Speaker 1: Boston Celtic are poised to be a truly elite defense,

620
00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,560
Speaker 1: but they still struggle with top end shot creation. So

621
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Speaker 1: each team in that list has strengths and weaknesses, right, Like,

622
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,199
Speaker 1: and it's gonna come down to the little things, Like

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Speaker 1: it's not just Phoenix's offense versus the Lakers defense, it's

624
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,959
Speaker 1: are the Lakers deeply committed to those details? Is Darvin

625
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,920
Speaker 1: Ham gonna be able to make the necessary adjustments? Is

626
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,320
Speaker 1: Frank Vogel gonna be able to make the necessary adjustments?

627
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 1: Like these are the kinds of things over the course

628
00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,000
Speaker 1: of the playoffs that are gonna make the difference between

629
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Speaker 1: teams that are relatively close, Like I have the Suns

630
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Speaker 1: at five, but they're not demonstrably worse than the number

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Speaker 1: one team, Like they're not like they're all on the

632
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,360
Speaker 1: same tier. Like I'm splitting hairs with these rankings. I

633
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,440
Speaker 1: wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Phoenix feat all

634
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 1: four of them, like Golden State is clearly a little

635
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 1: level below these guys. The other five are all on

636
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 1: the same tier. In my opinion, I just have the

637
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Speaker 1: Suns at five based on basically my concern over whether

638
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:02,680
Speaker 1: or not they're gonna be willing to win in rock fights,

639
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,720
Speaker 1: which we will find out. I think there's a lot

640
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,480
Speaker 1: of Again, I've seen a lot of Suns fans like, oh,

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Speaker 1: we took two games off of the Nuggets. Yeah you did,

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Speaker 1: but you got your ass kicked in the other four games,

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Speaker 1: Like literally got your ass kicked worse than any of

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Speaker 1: the other teams. And in the two games you want,

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Speaker 1: it required like all time great shooting from Devin Booker,

646
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Speaker 1: like two of the greatest shooting performances you'll ever see

647
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Speaker 1: in the NBA playoffs to barely scrape out two wins

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Speaker 1: before you got your ass kicked in the other four games.

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Speaker 1: So I think they're further away than people think, at

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Speaker 1: least they were last year, and we'll see this year

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Speaker 1: how committed they are to those details. All, let's move

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Speaker 1: on to the mailbag. I saw in the Yovan Booja

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Speaker 1: video that a lot of people were complaining about us

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Speaker 1: talking about the Lakers. Again, I kind of give a

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Speaker 1: speech like this every year. But a couple things. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: I have a job to do, and that is to

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Speaker 1: generate revenue, otherwise I don't get a job right, and

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Speaker 1: so I have a certain obligation to cover the teams

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Speaker 1: that have the largest fan bases. So it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a lot of Lakers, it's gonna be a lot of Warriors,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a lot of Celtics, it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a lot of knicks and heat and things along those lines, right.

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Speaker 1: But the reality is, like I go five or six

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Speaker 1: days a week, like we we do over three hours

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Speaker 1: of NBA content every single week. And so even if

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Speaker 1: an hour and a half of it is Lakers and Warriors,

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Speaker 1: which it won't be, but like, let's just say a

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Speaker 1: third of it is Lakers and Warriors, and let's say

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Speaker 1: the Lakers and the Warriors are in a lot of

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Speaker 1: the titles and thumbnails and stuff, that doesn't mean that

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Speaker 1: that's all we're doing. I cover the entire league, like

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Speaker 1: those of you guys who follow the show more diligently

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Speaker 1: on a daily basis know that. And so one of

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Speaker 1: the couple things one of the things we're gonna be

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Speaker 1: doing this year is we're gonna use We're gonna put

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Speaker 1: out multiple videos. So for instance, like if I have

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Speaker 1: a show in the regular season that covers five games,

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Speaker 1: we'll have the full show, but then we'll break off

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Speaker 1: the portions of it that are the other teams so

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Speaker 1: that you guys can find it more easily. But again,

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Speaker 1: like you gotta remember, like most of the days, most

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Speaker 1: of the NBA shows don't go daily, like they'll hit

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Speaker 1: all the teams, but they'll go two or three times

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Speaker 1: a week. Right, That's the advantage of going as often

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Speaker 1: as we go is I can cover the super popular

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Speaker 1: teams very diligently, but still offer pretty well rounded coverage

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Speaker 1: of the rest of the league. So just stay to

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Speaker 1: stay glued to the feeds. You'll see it parsed out

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Speaker 1: better if you If you go to the YouTube channel

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Speaker 1: and you see a thirty minute video and it's got

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Speaker 1: Lebron's face on it, or it's got Steph Curry's face

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Speaker 1: on it, chances are I'm not talking Lebron or Steph

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Speaker 1: for thirty minutes. It's probably Lebron or staph for ten minutes,

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Speaker 1: and then twenty minutes on the rest of the league.

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Speaker 1: So again, like there there's there's a there's a business

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Speaker 1: reality to the way this show is organized. But I

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Speaker 1: do truly take it seriously that we cover the entire NBA,

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Speaker 1: and I'm going to put in an enormous amount of

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Speaker 1: work this year to make sure these other teams get covered.

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Speaker 1: You just gotta understand that We have a marketing plan

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Speaker 1: which is going to market to large fan bases because

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Speaker 1: that's where the money is. But we are going to

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Speaker 1: try to do a better job of making sure that

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Speaker 1: the videos are are easier to find for the other

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Speaker 1: teams as well. All Right, three mail back questions. What's

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Speaker 1: up Jay dig the show big time when ring culture?

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Speaker 1: With ring culture being such a huge swing factor in

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Speaker 1: players legacies, how and where will Dane be placed if

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Speaker 1: he wins a chip with Giannis Katie's chips are somewhat

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Speaker 1: still in question to some because it wasn't his team.

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Speaker 1: I'm curious how it will be viewed and what a

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Speaker 1: chip could mean to his overall place in history. I

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Speaker 1: don't think he's ever going to move, you know, into

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Speaker 1: serious conversations with any of the guys that we think

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Speaker 1: of as best players in this era. I mean, he's

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Speaker 1: made one first team All NBA's that's a huge gap

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Speaker 1: between him and some of his peers. He's kind of

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Speaker 1: always just been considered a fringe All star, like a superstar,

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Speaker 1: Like he's a superstar, but like in the bottom end

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Speaker 1: of that tier. And so I mean, obviously becoming a

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Speaker 1: champion would greatly improve for Yorlans all time. But I

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Speaker 1: think he's a long long way away from being into

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Speaker 1: any serious conversations with the guys at the top of

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Speaker 1: the league. But like also a lot of it has

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Speaker 1: to do with how it goes down, Like if Dame

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Speaker 1: shoots forty two percent in the postseason and struggles and

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Speaker 1: they barely get it done, and Giannis is a superhero,

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Speaker 1: it's not gonna look as good as if he makes

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Speaker 1: a ton of big shots and puts the team on

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Speaker 1: his back and crunch time and kind of is clearly

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Speaker 1: the one that puts him over the top. And so

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Speaker 1: really that question has a bunch of layers to it,

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Speaker 1: but the short version is, no matter what happens, he's

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Speaker 1: not going to enter into any really serious conversations with

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Speaker 1: the championship this year. Next question, funny enough, it's a

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Speaker 1: more pointed version of the question you asked Jovan in

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Speaker 1: regards to the Lakers need for a shot maker and

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Speaker 1: or elite perimeter defender. Let's say the Bulls blow it

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Speaker 1: up this year, should the Lakers pursue Zach Levine as

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Speaker 1: a shot maker or Alex Cruso as an elite perimeter defender? Also,

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Speaker 1: what other players do you think the Lakers should keep

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Speaker 1: an eye on. So basically I talked about this with

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Speaker 1: yo Von, But like, if you can get a shot

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Speaker 1: maker that's a true top tier shot maker, someone like

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Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving, then yeah, you gotta go for it. Like

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Speaker 1: if the Mavericks just completely bottom out this year and

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Speaker 1: Kyrie asked for a trade and the Lakers have the

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Speaker 1: assets to make it happen, then you do something like

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Speaker 1: that obviously because it just he's such a top tier

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Speaker 1: shot creator. It would alleviate all of the Lakers issues

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Speaker 1: on that end and make them a much more versatile team, right,

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Speaker 1: No different than Dame joining the Milwaukee Bucks. Right, But

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Speaker 1: if it's anybody less than that, I think you run

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Speaker 1: the risk of shifting towards an identity that you're not

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Speaker 1: gonna be as good at as the best teams in

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Speaker 1: the league. So, like, given the choice between Levine and Caruso,

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Speaker 1: I take Caruso. Why Because this is a Lakers team

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Speaker 1: that desperately needs a perimeter defender that is a functional

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Speaker 1: offensive player and that's what Alex Cruso is, And like

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Speaker 1: that could put the Lakers over the top into being

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Speaker 1: a truly elite, top tier defense Whereas right now they're

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Speaker 1: capable of that, but they're missing some of the top

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Speaker 1: you know, perimeter talent that they need to make that happen,

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Speaker 1: right especially with the loss of Dennis Schroeder. So you know,

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Speaker 1: given the choice between those two guys, like that's that's

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Speaker 1: kind of like a perfect example of what I'm talking

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Speaker 1: about at the deadline. If the Lakers have access to

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Speaker 1: a top tier shot creator, you go get them. But

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Speaker 1: if you can't, then I would go after an elite

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Speaker 1: perimeter defender that rounds out your starting lineup. Uh, last

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Speaker 1: mail back question. I hear a lot of players and

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Speaker 1: coaches talk about. One of the main things they place

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Speaker 1: an emphasis on is accountability. Are they talking about getting

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Speaker 1: star players to buy in or what do they mean

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Speaker 1: by that? Accountability is basically just like everybody in the

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Speaker 1: entire locker room being bought in to what the expectations

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Speaker 1: are from the staff. So like usually in a training camp,

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Speaker 1: I mean, obviously I haven't been through an NBA training camp,

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Speaker 1: but I've been through the college basketball version of training camp,

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Speaker 1: and you know, like the serious programs that you go to,

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Speaker 1: like you, like the last school I played out, like

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Speaker 1: you you literally go up into classroom and they hand

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Speaker 1: out binders, and the binders have like a clear breakdown

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Speaker 1: of what expectations are off the court, a clear breakdown

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Speaker 1: of expectations in terms of showing up to practice on

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Speaker 1: time and what you know, like specific team rules, and

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Speaker 1: then like you go through it and it's like then

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Speaker 1: there's five or six things that the coach wants to

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Speaker 1: set as like essentially your your core principles, and then

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Speaker 1: like then it has all your plays in it, like

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Speaker 1: as a playbook, and your base defensive concepts and like

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Speaker 1: essentially that there's there's expectations laid out from day one,

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Speaker 1: and then from there it's about holding people accountable to

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Speaker 1: those expectations. Famously that that last year that I was

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Speaker 1: playing at ACU, and when the coach handed out all

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Speaker 1: that stuff, we had another meeting two days later in

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Speaker 1: the same class classroom to go over one of our

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Speaker 1: defensive concepts, and like half the players forgot to bring

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Speaker 1: their binder and we immediately just went down to the

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Speaker 1: floor and ran all day like like like because that

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Speaker 1: was an example of him like trying to from day

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Speaker 1: one set an expectation for what the rules are and

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Speaker 1: make sure that the team understands that if they don't

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Speaker 1: live up to those expectations, then there's going to be repercussions.

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Speaker 1: That is accountability. Accountability is making sure that people understand

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Speaker 1: if they do not obey whatever the rules are, whatever

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00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:16,319
Speaker 1: the expectations are, that there are consequences, whether that's getting

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Speaker 1: called out in front of your team, whether that's having

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00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,160
Speaker 1: to run, whether that's a suspension or fine, like whatever

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Speaker 1: that is. And at the pro level it's probably different

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Speaker 1: than it was in college. But like, accountability is making

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Speaker 1: sure that everybody in the roster sticks to those principles.

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Speaker 1: So for instance, like let's say Frank Vogel wants to

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Speaker 1: set you know, a defensive identity from day one in

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Speaker 1: SUNS camp, like he can't make Josha Kog run over

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Speaker 1: screens and scream at him every time he dies on

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Speaker 1: the screen. But then let Bradley Bealll get away with it.

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Speaker 1: It's got to be down the line accountability. Otherwise it

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Speaker 1: sets a culture that the stars don't have to obey,

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Speaker 1: which is gonna, you know, kind of foam in a

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Speaker 1: bunch of other issues. So again, accountability is a vitally

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Speaker 1: important part of any championship journey because if you don't

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Speaker 1: have expectations and you don't stick to them, you're never

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Speaker 1: gonna achieve your full potential as a bad basketball team.

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Speaker 1: All right, guys, That is all I have for today

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Speaker 1: is always I sincerely appreciate you supporting the show. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna be back on Monday with a breakdown of the

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Speaker 1: preseason games from this weekend, and then we'll get back

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Speaker 1: to number four on the season previews on Tuesday, and

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Speaker 1: then we'll do some more preseason breakdown on Wednesday. I

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Speaker 1: appreciate you, guys, and I will see you on Monday.

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Speaker 1: The volume